Flashback: the Ganta storm raged inland, render hundreds homeless

In March 2007, a severe tropical storm raked and disrupted normal life for the people of Ganta, in Northern Liberia. The storm left scores of people severely injured and destroyed close to 200 residential homes, offices, schools, and a hospital building. Indeed, the people of Ganta definitely deserve special care and attention for this great misfortune. However, unless, corrective steps are taken in the immediate future to compensate for years of unregulated mining, hunting, farming, and deforestation activities across Liberia, the Ganta tropical storm will be only a symptom of the many environmental problems that Liberia is likely to face now and in the future.